Q.
I broke my tooth, #13 and my dentist said it would be best to have do a bridge. He explained that he would shave the tooth behind it down and make a bridge. Ironic, I found out that a bridge consists of total 3 teeth, one behind and one in front of missing tooth. Found out a little too late. He shaved the back tooth down…I kept going back and forth since I was having problems w/the bit and jaw sliding. Plus, I was in pain. He told me that I had to get a root canal on the tooth they just shaved. After that…I told him that I wanted to do the implant. I’m scheduled to meet w/the oral surgeon tomorrow, 9/16. I told my dentist that I now want 2 seperate crowns…the one they did the root canal on and the other where I will have the implant. He advised me not to have 2 seperate ones because if the implant gets loose…there is nothing to hold it. I don’t know what to believe as I already destroyed a good tooth. Would it wrong to have 2 seperate crowns then having them together? I feel them being seperate, I would have a better chance of them lining up correctly and that my bit is not off and my bottom jaw not sliding. Thank you.